2012 Giro D'Italia: Stage 5

The Race: It seemed like we would have a trouble-free stage until there was a crash with about 35 km to go, taking, again, Taylor Phinney to the ground. Getting back on meant closing the gap to a peloton that was zooming up the Gabice Monte ascent. Liquigas kept things really hot during both the climb and descent. Getting back on was beyond Phinney's ability and he finished more than 12 minutes down. Sky finally got all the pieces of its leadout train working properly. They gave Mark Cavendish a perfect leadout and no one was going to beat him today.

Results :

Mark Cavendish (Sky) 4hr 43min 15sec

Matthew Harley Goss (GreenEdge) s.t.

Daniele Bennati s.t.

Robert Hunter (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.

Sacha Modolo (Colnago-CSF) s.t.

Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) s.t.

Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini) s.t.

Manuel Belletti (Ag2r) s.t.

Arnaud Demare (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.

Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo) s.t.

Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) s.t.

Mickael Delage (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.

Nikolas Maes (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.

Mark Renshaw (Rabobank) s.t.

Giacomo Nizzolo (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.

Miguel Angel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.

Geraint Thomas (Sky) s.t.

Luke Roberts (Saxo) @ 5sec

Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.

Cesare Benedetti (NetApp) s.t.

Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.

Nelson Oliveira (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.

Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini) s.t.

Andreas Dietziker (NetApp) s.t.

Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.

Gaetan Bille (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.

Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) s.t.

Tanel Kangert (Astana) s.t.

José Herrada (Movistar) s.t.

Danilo Wyss (BMC) s.t.

Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) s.t.

Peter Kennaugh (Sky) s.t.

Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) s.t.

Alessandro Ballan (BMC) s.t.

Matthias Brandle (NetApp) s.t.

Fumiyuki Beppu (GreenEdge) s.t.

Sergio Pardilla (Movistar) s.t.

Brett Lancaster (GreenEdge) s.t.

Gatis Smukulis (Katusha) s.t.

Anders Lund (Saxo) s.t.

Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2r) s.t.

Fabio Felline (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.

Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) s.t.

Pablo Lastras (Movistar) s.t.

Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.

Volodymir Gustov (Saxo) s.t.

Roman Kreuziger (Astana) s.t.

Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.

Gregor Gazvoda (Ag2r) s.t.

Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) s.t.

Taylor Phinney (BMC) @ 12min 2sec

GC after Stage 5:

Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda) 14hr 45min 13sec

Robert Hunter (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 5sec

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 11sec

Matthew Harley Goss (GreenEdge) @ 13sec

Mark Cavendish (Sky) @ 14sec

Geraint Thomas (Sky) @ 16sec

Manuele Boaro (Saxo) @ 19sec

Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 26sec

Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) @ 30sec

Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) s.t.

Brett Lancaster (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.

Peter Stetina (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 31sec

Daniel Moreno (Katusha) @ 33sec

Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) s.t.

Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 35sec

Jesse Sergent (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 36sec

Nelson Oliveira (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 37sec

Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.

Giacomo Nizzolo (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.

Marco Pinotti (BMC) s.t.

Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) s.t.

Angel Vicioso (Katusha) @ 38sec

Roman Kreuziger (Astana) @ 40sec

Tanel Kangert (Astana) s.t.

Luke Roberts (Saxo) @ 41sec

Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas) @ 42sec

Gatis Smukulis (Katusha) @ 45sec

Daniele Bennati (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 46sec

Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 47sec

Pavel Brutt (Katusha) s.t.

Martin Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.

Adriano Malori (Lampre) @ 49sec

Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) s.t.

Daryl Impey (GreenEdge) @ 50sec

Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) s.t.

Paolo Tiralongo (astana) @ 51sec

Jan Bakelants (Radio shack-Nissan) s.t.

Alessandro Ballan (BMC) @ 52sec

Thomas Rohregger (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 53sec

Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) @ 55sec

Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas) @ 56sec

Benat Intxausti (Movistar) s.t.

Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo) @ 56sec

Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) @ 57sec

Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) s.t.

Matteo Tosatto (Saxo) s.t.

Jens Keukeleire (GreenEdge) s.t.

Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 58sec

Rigoberto Uran (Sky) s.t.

Christian Meier (GreenEdge) s.t.

Taylor Phinney (BMC) @ 12min 10sec

Points Competition

Matthew Harley Goss (GreenEdge): 65 points

Mark Cavendish (Sky): 53

Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda): 30

Geraint Thomas (Sky): 26

Taylor Phinney (BMC): 25

Climbers' Competition

Alfredo Balloni (Farnese Vini): 6 points

Pier paolo De Negri (Farnese Vini): 3

Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda): 2

Miguel Angel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli): 2

Brian Bulgac (Lotto-Belisol): 2

Young Rider

Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda) 14hr 45min 13sec

Manuele Noaro (Saxo) @ 19sec

Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) @ 30sec

Peter Stetina (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 31sec

Michal Kwiatkwowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 35sec

Stage 5 map and profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Photos from stage 5:

The publicity caravan is coming...

From the publicity caravan. Sorry I don't have one of the car that looks like a giant fly.